TENNESSEE STATE PARKS OFFER SEASONAL DEALS

Save on Thanksgiving dinner, lodging and vacation packages Tennessee State Parks is offering deals on restaurants, lodging and vacation packages this fall and winter. Beginning with Thanksgiving feasts at eight state park restaurants, the offerings continue with...

A LETTER FROM JOHN CURRIE: NOV. 12, 2017

November 12, 2017 Good Afternoon, Big Orange Nation. This morning I met with Coach Butch Jones to discuss the future of the football program, and I informed him of my decision that he step down as the University of Tennessee’s head football coach. Transitions...

Young Beavers have high hopes for upcoming season

 By Ken Lay   When Lee Henson looks at his 2017-2017 roster, he sees several new names. That, however, doesn’t mean that expectations have changed for the Karns High School boys basketball team. “Like every year, we should be in the running for the district...

City Seeks Volunteers for Celebration of Lights

  The City of Knoxville’s Office of Special Events is inviting volunteers to participate in the kick-off to the holiday season at the Regal Celebration of Lights on Friday, Nov.  24.   This free, family-friendly event in Market Square and Krutch Park...

NON-SMOKERS DIAGNOSED MORE OFTEN WITH LUNG CANCER

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month   NASHVILLE – The majority of newly diagnosed lung cancer patients today are not smoking when they are diagnosed.  In fact, up to 20 percent of lung cancer patients have never smoked.  More than 155,000 Americans die each year...